CSci 480 Lecture Notes

(Fall) Week Fifteen, Monday; (Summer) Week Ten, Tuesday: Illumination and Shading

14.1 Illumination Models

14.1.1 Ambient Light

14.1.2 Diffuse Reflection

14.1.3 Atmospheric Attenuation

14.1.4 Specular Reflection

14.1.5 Improving the Point-Light-Source Model

14.1.6 Multiple Light Sources

14.1.7 Physically Based Illumination Models

14.2 Shading Models for Polygons

14.2.1 Constant Shading

14.2.2 Interpolated Shading

14.2.3 Polygon-Mesh Shading

14.2.4 Gouraud Shading

14.2.5 Phong Shading

14.2.6 Problems with Interpolated Shading


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